OK, we didn’t all get together and hash this out—but all have ranked players recently. We took each ranking (which can be found by clicking on the link above), and gave 50 points for a first place vote, 49 for second place, etc. We had to use a little improvising as Value Add is the only system that actually ranks all the players in order—so I will explain the specifics below, but first here are the top 100 player in college basketball this year based on this consensus of basketball experts.

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Player

Team

Tot

NBC

Pom

ESPN

BR

TSN

Rant

NBA

ValA

1

Kaminsky, Frank 44

Wisconsin

384

49

50

49

49

50

50

41

46

2

Wright, Delon 55

Utah

373

46

49

48

48

49

50

33

50

3

Okafor, Jahlil 15

Duke

371

50

48

50

50

48

50

50

25

4

Cauley-Stein, Willie 15

Kentucky

347

41

35

40

44

42

50

46

49

5

Anderson, Justin 1

Virginia

314

45

28

47

45

41

50

29

29

6

Russell, D’Angelo 0

Ohio St.

304

47

42

35

37

50

48

45

7

Wiltjer, Kyle 33

Gonzaga

286

46

43

46

46

33

50

22

8

Johnson, Stanley 5

Arizona

266

44

47

40

38

50

47

9

Towns, Karl-Anthony 12

Kentucky

248

46

40

20

45

49

48

10

Grant, Jerian 22

Notre Dame

231

48

40

47

28

28

40

11

Hield, Buddy 24

Oklahoma

226

30

41

41

31

50

33

12

Baker, Ron 31

Wichita St.

220

30

31

40

40

50

11

18

13

Portis, Bobby 10

Arkansas

206

30

6

40

31

50

35

14

14

Rozier, Terry 0

Louisville

192

8

33

38

50

21

42

15

Boatright, Ryan 11

Connecticut

178

30

38

40

50

20

16

Trimble, Melo 2

Maryland

174

42

40

42

50

17

Tuttle, Seth 10

Northern Iowa

169

45

43

47

34

18

Harrell, Montrezl 24

Louisville

159

40

32

50

36

1

19

Pangos, Kevin 4

Gonzaga

153

30

20

50

12

41

20

Niang, Georges 31

Iowa St.

153

43

40

20

50

21

White, Aaron 30

Iowa

127

7

29

34

20

37

22

Christmas, Rakeem 25

Syracuse

127

30

20

30

24

23

23

Gill, Anthony 13

Virginia

126

44

40

39

3

24

Waldow, Brad 0

St. Mary’s

123

30

34

37

22

25

Staten, Juwan 3

West Virginia

120

30

40

50

26

Nance, Larry 22

Wyoming

104

30

40

34

27

Jones, Tyus 5

Duke

102

50

31

21

28

Booker, Devin 1

Kentucky

94

25

45

24

29

Harrison, D’Angelo 11

St. John’s

90

40

50

30

Dunn, Kris 3

Providence

88

36

44

8

31

VanVleet, Fred 23

Wichita St.

88

21

29

38

32

Johnson, Dakari 44

Kentucky

85

26

36

23

33

Payton, Gary 1

Oregon St.

85

21

17

47

34

Harrison, Aaron 2

Kentucky

80

16

21

43

35

Mickey, Jordan 25

Louisiana St.

80

30

50

36

Caffey, Michael 5

Long Beach St.

79

40

39

37

Graham, Treveon 21

VCU

75

39

36

38

Turner, Myles 52

Texas

65

23

42

39

Lee, Damion 14

Drexel

63

32

31

40

Marks, Derrick 2

Boise St.

62

43

19

41

Hollis-Jefferson, Rondae 23

Arizona

57

25

32

42

Payne, Cameron 1

Murray St.

54

26

15

13

43

Dekker, Sam 15

Wisconsin

54

17

37

44

Meeks, Kennedy 3

North Carolina

53

35

18

45

Layman, Jake 10

Maryland

52

28

24

46

Henton, LaDontae 23

Providence

52

30

22

47

Harrison, Shaquille 3

Tulsa

52

32

20

48

Yogi Ferrell, Kevin 11

Indiana

50

50

49

Hunter, R.J. 22

Georgia St.

49

23

26

50

Walden, Corey 2

Eastern Kentucky

44

44

51

Looney, Kevon 5

UCLA

44

44

52

Winslow, Justise 12

Duke

43

43

53

Gathers, Rico 2

Baylor

42

30

12

54

Oubre, Kelly 12

Kansas

40

40

55

Upshaw, Robert 24

Washington

39

39

56

Randle, Chasson 5

Stanford

39

39

57

Lyles, Trey 41

Kentucky

38

38

58

Hewitt, Jelani 5

Georgia Southern

36

36

59

Forte, Phil 13

Oklahoma St.

35

35

60

Poeltl, Jakob 42

Utah

35

5

30

61

Mason, Frank 0

Kansas

34

27

7

62

Alexander, Cliff 2

Kansas

34

34

63

Pierre, Dyshawn 21

Dayton

33

33

64

Pointer, Sir’Dominic 15

St. John’s

32

32

65

Collinsworth, Kyle 5

Brigham Young

30

30

66

Martin, Jarell 1

Temple

30

30

67

Young, Joseph 3

Oregon

30

30

68

Holmes, Jonathan 10

Texas

30

30

69

Tarpey, Terry 25

William & Mary

30

30

70

Haws, Tyler 3

Brigham Young

30

30

71

Smith-Rivera, D’Vauntes 4

Georgetown

28

28

72

LeVert, Caris 23

Michigan

27

27

73

Hawkins, Corey 3

UC Davis

27

27

74

Randolph, Levi 20

Alabama

26

26

75

Wood, Christian 5

UNLV

25

25

76

Paige, Marcus 5

North Carolina

25

25

77

Brogdon, Malcolm 15

Virginia

24

18

6

78

Brimah, Amida 35

Connecticut

22

22

79

Ellis, Perry 34

Kansas

20

20

80

Vaughn, Rashad 1

UNLV

19

19

81

Pinkston, JayVaughn 22

Villanova

19

19

82

McConnell, T.J. 4

Arizona

17

15

2

83

Sabonis, Domantas 11

Gonzaga

17

14

3

84

Ulis, Tyler 3

Kentucky

17

13

4

85

Spangler, Ryan 0

Oklahoma

17

17

86

Frazier, J.J. 30

Georgia

16

16

87

Jones, Damian 30

Vanderbilt

16

16

88

Dee, Johnny 1

San Diego

15

15

89

Wallace, Tyrone 3

California

14

14

90

Kalinoski, Tyler 4

Davidson

13

13

91

Moore, Nic 11

SMU

12

12

92

Taylor, Brandon 11

Utah

11

11

93

Prince, Taurean 21

Baylor

10

10

94

Gibbs, Sterling 4

Seton Hall

10

10

95

Brown, Anthony 21

Stanford

10

10

96

Johnson, Brice 11

North Carolina

9

9

97

McKinney, Mikh 10

Sacramento St.

9

9

98

Blackmon, James 1

Indiana

8

8

99

Jackson, Justin 44

North Carolina

7

7

100

McCullough, Chris 5

Syracuse

6

6

As for the specifics of each voter:

Rob Dauster (NBC Sports)—NBC Sports rates the top 10—scored 50 to 41—and then he lists others in consideration. So. we gave them all 30 points (1st place Jahlil Okafor).

Ken Pomeroy—the only purely statistical rating except for Value Add. www.kenpom.com actually just lists the top 10 in the country, so we estimated his top 50 by taking his top player in his top conference as the next best player, then top player in his second best conference, etc. (1st place Frank Kaminsky).

Eamonn Brennan (ESPN)—ESPN listed a top 5, scored 50 to 46, and then listed others who we gave 40 points each. (1st place, Okafor)

CJ Moore (Bleacher Report)—Bleacher Report counted through the top 25 (scored 50 to 26) and then listed five honorable mentions, so we gave them all 20 points (1st place, Okafor).

Daniel Dickey (The Sporting News)—TSN counted through the top 25 (scored 50 to 26) and then listed a few who had dropped out, and where they rated, so we scored them 24, 23, etc. though we were missing some numbers above those who had dropped out (1st place, Frank Kaminsky).

Tim Letcher (Rant Sports)—The easiest place to give the actual Wooden Selection Committee picks was in combination with Rant Sports, which listed the top five snubs. In this column, we gave all 25 of the mid-season Wooden watch lists 50 points each, and then scored Rant’s five snubs 25 to 21 (all 25 Wooden Selections listed as tied for 1st place).

The NBA Draft Projectors—We monitor draft news and projections for a likely draft order, and gave the projected No. 1 pick 50 points, etc. (1st place as likely 1st draft pick in Okafor).

My Value Add Basketball rankings of all 4000+ players were updated Tuesday, and I updated the top 50 in this story. The 50 listed in that story and at www.valueaddbasketball.com were scored 50-49, etc. (1st place is Delon Wright).

Value Add still shows Wright in 1st place. Okafor is ranked 1st by four of the seven, but Kaminsky grabs the other two first place votes and is first overall.